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Drinking needed ...

Well as in my previous post, I started drinking water. Lots of it! I read that you should drink 1/2 ounce of water for every pound that you weigh. I can say this seemed impossible. That would mean I would be drinking over 100 ounces of water a day. So I started carrying a 1.5 liter (approximately 50 ounces) of water with me to work daily. Each day that I finished the bottle before leaving the office, I praised myself. Each day I did not finish my bottle, I told myself, "Tomorrow will be better." And so it was. Over time, the 1.5 liter bottle wasn't enough for me to bring. I could feel my body desiring more and more water. On days that I was busy and could not drink so much water, my body felt sluggish; I would get headaches; I would feel parched. That is when I realized how much the body needs water. Many people feel their stomach growl and think they are hungry... Well, I learned that most of the time your body is telling you it wants water.
One trick I learned to help drink the water was to add citrus fruit slices or wedges to it. A slice of lime, orange, grapefruit, lemon ... they all tricked your taste buds into believing you are not drinking water - again! Plus, cucumber tasted nice in it as well. I read one woman's recommendation to add a packet of Splenda or Sweetenlow to a 1.5 liter bottle also helps to get the water down.
Now I can tell you that I still am drinking over 100 ounces of water most days - even though my body probably only needs about 70%. The days I don't I feel it!

How to start...?

The first thing we all need to remember when trying to lose weight is we must be truly motivated to do it. There must be an outside factor in many cases to make us lose the weight.
For me, it was to get as healthy as possible so I could live a full life. The rate I was going, I might have seen an early grave.
Once the motivational factor is established, then you need to set out a plan. For most people, they want to shed those pounds as quickly as possible. However, if you formulate a good solid base for losing the weight, you are more likely to keep it off for life. Start simple. Make one or two changes at a time so you can keep those as your permanent changes.
For me, I decided to add 10 minutes of riding a stationary bike. Plus, I decided to quit drinking anything except water all day. At first, it was hard to keep up with these both. However, as I reminded myself of the positive outcome, it was much easier.

Do you need to lose a few extra pounds?

If you are like me, I am always looking for a way to lose extra pounds? I have gone from a size 22 to size 10 with minimal effort by portion control, work out, and other means. I have used so many methods to lose the weight. But keeping it off seems to be my biggest challenge. How about you?